Improvement in clock-cases



A. T. ROBINSON CLOCK-CASES.

No. 188,261 Patented March 13, 1877 WITNESSES I INVENTOR W W, ATTORN EYNPETERS, FHOTO-LITHUGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D c.

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a i r UNITED STATES PATENT AZEL T. ROBINSON, OE BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE A. JONES, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOCK-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,261, dated March13, 1877 application tiled October 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AZEL T. RoBiNsoN, of Bristol, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clock-Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable'others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to the construction of clock-cases, more especiallyto those of oval or curvilinear form, and is designed to produce a casewhich will be solid in its build, and, at same time, of cheaper firstcost. Heretofore the curved pieces or" parts of a clock-case have beenformed by securing a veneer or thin leaf of wood of a superior qualityto a thick or body piece, and then, by circular saw or otherwise, cutcross-sections into the latter from the opposite side sufficient toallow of the body or main supporting-piece being bent into form desired.This process has required the several steps of first gluing the faceveneer to the supporting-body, re ducing the width by a close series ofcuts, attaching another veneer or securing-piece to the side from whichthe reductions are made, and, finally, pressing the three parts thusunited into the curve. Less consumption of stock and expenditure oflabor than the foregoing is eminently desirable, and my inventionconsists in uniting two or more to any number of veneers or thin leavesof material in close and continuous face contact, and bending theconsolidated layers into the curved conformation desired.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a clock-case made undermy improvement, and Fig. 2 an enlarged view of a piece of curved stripready to be made into a case.

A is the case of a clock, having its side and lower front pieces andmain casing of the door formed of the different laminae or flat stripsof any kind of wood, a, united in their face surfaces, and relativelysecured by glue or other adhesive mixture. Some of these several partsmaybe omitted, or all the curved portions of the case may be made inthis manner, it being evident that the process may be applied to any oneor all of the parts of a case.

The process consists in securing together the respective layers ofveneers, in any thickness, by glue or otherwise; then bending or forcingsame into the proper compressed shape, and fastening, by any means, thesame, thus curved, until the parts become dry, and thus capable inthemselves to retain the oval or curvilinear form imparted to them.

This process is applicable to all appropriate mechanical portions of acase, and the remaining manufacture of the latter may be according toany manner.

By this means 1 am enabled to utilize inferior stock, as the cheapermaterial of the-requisite width and length is cut into veneers, to beused for the interior portion of the case. These inner veneers may bemade of wood of loose and open grain, or cracked and knotty timber, andsubserve equally well the purpose in view, as they constitute a firmbacking of the proper curved form for the attachment of the outerveneer, which latter needs be made of superior stock to receive the highfinish given the exterior of the clock-cases.

I am aware that it is not new to construct articles of two or morethicknesses of veneers, arranged so that the grain of the adjacentveneers shall cross each other, and hence I make no claim to such astructure; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A clock-case the top and sides of which are formed of veneers, each ofwhich is made of a single continuous piece of wood, and united at theirends to the base-piece of the case, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this23d day of October, 187 6.

AZEL T. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

MILEs L. PEcK, M. S. TIFFANY.

